In this week's podcast, I review one of the most challenging (but important) parts of the college admissions process.
Building a target list of colleges
This entails narrowing down a list of 4,000+ colleges to a manageable list of 10-14 colleges that meet all of your child's preferences, such as:
- big school, small school, medium school
- location
- urban, suburban, rural
- majors
- selectivity
- residential life
- et cetera
The list of 10-14 target colleges also needs to reflect an appropriate mix of reach, match, and likely schools.
In today's episode, I zero-in on one strategy that may help unlock colleges that might be hiding from consideration.
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PrepWell Academy's Founder, Phil Black, has spent a lifetime cracking the code on the world's most competitive programs: Yale University, Harvard Business School, Navy SEALs, Goldman Sachs, Entrepreneurship, Shark Tank (2X), etc.

